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2009-09-29 |
PERALTA, J. |
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| On the other hand, the Court also finds Arnulfo Ramos guilty of gross negligence for knowingly driving a defective jeep on the highway. An ordinarily prudent man would know that he would be putting himself and other vehicles he would encounter on the road at risk for driving a mechanically defective vehicle. Under the circumstances, a prudent man would have had the owner-type jeep repaired or would have stopped using it until it was repaired. Ramos was, therefore, grossly negligent in continuing to drive on the highway the mechanically defective jeep, which later encroached on the opposite lane and bumped the passenger jeep driven by Benigno Valdez. Gross negligence is the absence of care or diligence as to amount to a reckless disregard of the safety of persons or property.[37] It evinces a thoughtless disregard of consequences without exerting any effort to avoid them.[38] | |||||